tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post1575186138195663026..comments2015-07-28T11:17:32.690-05:00Comments on Geographic Travels: Poverty PointCatholicgauzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14622737803852974030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post-9841985936102783752007-06-19T17:25:00.000-05:002007-06-19T17:25:00.000-05:00Anonymous, You are right in the fact the points a...Anonymous,<BR/> You are right in the fact the points are spearpoints not arrowheads. However, the pottery comes from a latter day than the original construction. Also, I claimed the materials were exotic and never stated anything on where its name came from. The original site was abandoned around 3,300 years ago. As for the limbo read "In 1988 Congress authorized Poverty Point National Monument expecting Louisiana to hand it over to federal control. Louisiana has decided not to and the site is in an odd limbo state."Catholicgauzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14622737803852974030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post-56949556125620373342007-06-19T16:37:00.000-05:002007-06-19T16:37:00.000-05:00A good effort, but you did get some details wrong....A good effort, but you did get some details wrong. Poverty Point got its name from a historic plantation of that name that was owned by Phillip Guier sometime prior to 1843. Pottery has been found at the site - in fact, it's the earliest in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Pottery is found earlier in some other parts of North America. There are spearpoints at Poverty Point, not arrowheads -- bow and arrow technology doesn't come along until much later. Exotic raw materials come from as far away as 1600 km, which would be about 1000 miles. Not sure what you mean by the site being in "limbo" - it is a state historic site operated by LA Office of State Parks. Archaic construction/occupation appears to be mostly over by about 3100 years ago. There is some evidence for later sporadic use of the site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com